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if you have the democrats backing entitlement reform that's a big deal. the simpson/bowles commission should have pushed forward, and gang of six, and people are throwing tantrums and holding their breath -- >> moveon.org commissioner of the nfl, let's listen to a little sports news here -- >> you all set, gary? >> yes, sir. >> okay. good afternoon. the clubs approved an agreement that was negotiated with the players this afternoon. in addition to approving that agreement, we also approved a supplemental revenue-sharing system for the next ten years. with this ratification and with the ratification of the nflpa board, we will be prepared to open the training facilities beginning on saturday, this saturday. we will then be prepared to start the new league year next wednesday subject to the full membership of the players ratifying the agreement, recertifying as a unit. obviously you know that we're all in a time constraint. that's one of the reasons we worked to get this agreement completed tonight. we are unfortunately going to have to cancel the hall of f
if you have the democrats backing entitlement reform that's a big deal. the simpson/bowles commission should have pushed forward, and gang of six, and people are throwing tantrums and holding their breath -- >> moveon.org commissioner of the nfl, let's listen to a little sports news here -- >> you all set, gary? >> yes, sir. >> okay. good afternoon. the clubs approved an agreement that was negotiated with the players this afternoon. in addition to approving that...
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i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> we don't know her next chapter, but we do know this. sarah palin doesn't lack confidence. the former alaska governor is on the cover of "news week" and says she believes she can win a national election. let's discuss her latest hints with peter bowyer. and shana walsh, peter, let's start with you. you have this extended conversation with governor palin. you talk about going on into the night. what are her political ambitions. she says this to you. "i'm not so egoti. >> my gut sense was she was going to run. it's complicated. there is the sort of impenetrable palin sphere that she has erected around herself that, at the gates of which is her husband, todd palin and within that sphere, she operates with a
i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. >>> we don't know her next chapter, but we do know this. sarah palin doesn't lack confidence. the former...
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it's really a big unknown. >> a big unknown that becomes like a game of whack a mole. that collapses and another one comes up. as the president said, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. jessica yellin, thanks. let's get a perspective from fareed zakaria. i want you to listen, the president sounds pretty optimistic. >> everybody acknowledged that we have to get this done before the hard deadline of august 2nd to make sure that america does not default for the first time on its obligations. and everybody acknowledged that there is going to be pain involved politically on all sides but our biggest obligation is to make sure that we're doing right by the american people. >> do you really believe that polarized partisan washington is about to do right by the american people? >> the crucial sentence in what president obama said was all parties acknowledged there was pain -- going to be pain on all sides. if that's the case, if that's an accurate representation of what the republicans are now saying and are now feeling, that's great news. pain is good. because
it's really a big unknown. >> a big unknown that becomes like a game of whack a mole. that collapses and another one comes up. as the president said, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. jessica yellin, thanks. let's get a perspective from fareed zakaria. i want you to listen, the president sounds pretty optimistic. >> everybody acknowledged that we have to get this done before the hard deadline of august 2nd to make sure that america does not default for the first...
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that balanced budget amendment is the big sticking point. harry reid wants to vote down the house republican plan and has a plan of his own. one increase in the debt ceiling would allow the president to borrow another $2.4 trillion. it would have about $2.2 trillion in cuts to offset the new borrowing. some from save negotiation afghanistan and iraq. the republican doesn't trust the math and a committee that would have to be formed for additional deficit reduction steps. that is where we stand. the house republicans have their plan, the democrats do have theirs? can they work out a compromise by monday night, august 2nd, at midnight. the government would have less money coming in than it needs to pay out in bills. eric ericson, as a conservative, what is the line? do you want any deal? don't go to the point where we might have a default? or is it a balanced budget amendment, size of the spending cuts? what is the red line for conservatives in a compromise negotiation, what should it be? >> you know, i tend to agree with jeff lake, send s.j.
that balanced budget amendment is the big sticking point. harry reid wants to vote down the house republican plan and has a plan of his own. one increase in the debt ceiling would allow the president to borrow another $2.4 trillion. it would have about $2.2 trillion in cuts to offset the new borrowing. some from save negotiation afghanistan and iraq. the republican doesn't trust the math and a committee that would have to be formed for additional deficit reduction steps. that is where we stand....
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the big problem is they want to avoid another vote. they just don't want to go through it again six months down the line. i was talking to a senior democratic aide today who outlined for me four completely different scenarios under which actually reid's bill, which is different from boehner's bill, but not that different, could overtake boehner, could be attached to boehner's bill, and they're trying to figure out a way that they can get out of it. i think all eyes now are on the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. as you know, john, he's pretty good with this kind of maneuvering, and one senate democrat said today we need mcconnell to step up and give the big-boy talk to republicans. >> he'll wait for the right moment i think and give the talk. david, i was out of town for a couple of days, i was at an event, my oldest esest son's co campus visit, and a lot of people asked, why does washington look the same? or worse? and i want to show our viewers a little bit of a sample here, where did this guy go? >> i believe that the size
the big problem is they want to avoid another vote. they just don't want to go through it again six months down the line. i was talking to a senior democratic aide today who outlined for me four completely different scenarios under which actually reid's bill, which is different from boehner's bill, but not that different, could overtake boehner, could be attached to boehner's bill, and they're trying to figure out a way that they can get out of it. i think all eyes now are on the senate...
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but there's a big problem. neither of those plans may be able to get through congress and the clock is ticking. cnn congressional correspondent kate boulwan joins us now. let's start in the house where speaker john boehner has laid out his version of the republican solution. spell it out for us. >> reporter: a lot of details to it, jessica, but what it really comes down to is the length of the increase, if you will. house speaker john boehner is calling for two votes in order to raise the debt ceiling. first, a vote that would come with $1.2 trillion in spending cuts to get the country through early next year and another vote would be required that would get the to 2013. but only if, and this is the important part, if congress would approve the spending cuts attached to that, or the deficit reduction measures attached to that that would come from a newly created committee, and that of course is the big hangup with democrats. they are very much opposed to having to vote for a second time to raise the debt ceilin
but there's a big problem. neither of those plans may be able to get through congress and the clock is ticking. cnn congressional correspondent kate boulwan joins us now. let's start in the house where speaker john boehner has laid out his version of the republican solution. spell it out for us. >> reporter: a lot of details to it, jessica, but what it really comes down to is the length of the increase, if you will. house speaker john boehner is calling for two votes in order to raise the...
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, big problem. and not so much because i think murdoch is going to be criminally cro criminally prosecuted, but the question is the very docile board of directors of news corporation, which is so dominated by the murdoch family, are the outside directors going to say, look, this is too much of a distraction, too much of a humiliation, to have these murdochs who were at best asleep at the switch, still in charge of the company? and that's the real peril at this point, it's will murdoch be in charge, will the murdoch family keep control, not will they be prosecuted, not will they go to jail. the issue is will they keep control of rupert murdoch's lifelong. >> excellent points. we'll keep track of this one. >>> the members gang of six who might or hope have a plan, it could be the breakthrough washington needs to start getting out of the debt crisis. >>> as we go to break, remember, we're watching a live vote from the house of representatives from a republican plan that is key to what they say key to t
, big problem. and not so much because i think murdoch is going to be criminally cro criminally prosecuted, but the question is the very docile board of directors of news corporation, which is so dominated by the murdoch family, are the outside directors going to say, look, this is too much of a distraction, too much of a humiliation, to have these murdochs who were at best asleep at the switch, still in charge of the company? and that's the real peril at this point, it's will murdoch be in...
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. >> so, now what is the big question? speaker boehner will rebut the president just about 14 minutes from now. we'll take you there live. in his letter to his colleagues, he said his preference now is to work on a plan in the congress. but the president expects the house and the senate leaders of both parties at the white house saturday morning. is this just theater before a deal or a recipe for gridlock and maybe an economy shattering government default? chief white house correspondent jessi jessica yellin, and kate bolduan, and gloria borger here, jess, the speaker doesn't want to negotiate anymore, and this is not a president known for his anger or his temper, but he seemed pretty piqued. >> reporter: this was the president hitting by far his most frustrated, fed-up note during the debt negotiations by far, john. we heard him say that the republicans just don't know how to say yes. that he offered the most generous package he could. in short he said that he offered them a deal that democrats just didn't like. he was ba
. >> so, now what is the big question? speaker boehner will rebut the president just about 14 minutes from now. we'll take you there live. in his letter to his colleagues, he said his preference now is to work on a plan in the congress. but the president expects the house and the senate leaders of both parties at the white house saturday morning. is this just theater before a deal or a recipe for gridlock and maybe an economy shattering government default? chief white house correspondent...
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you go out with what one big question? >> well, what do you think about what's going on in washington? what do you think of the president? what do you think of the republicans? but also,want to meet a lot of small business people on this trip. i want to hear about what kind of problems you're having inning to business these days. what does the economy look like from the bottom up
you go out with what one big question? >> well, what do you think about what's going on in washington? what do you think of the president? what do you think of the republicans? but also,want to meet a lot of small business people on this trip. i want to hear about what kind of problems you're having inning to business these days. what does the economy look like from the bottom up
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and that's big news. you can be sure, jessica, that what the house speaker does not want to be doing right now is having to rewrite his bill. they were aiming to be voting on this bill tomorrow, so right now we're told that they're kind of scra scrambling to work it out and rewrite it, and he wants to meet the pledges that the cuts in the bill will be larger than the debt ceiling increased. and the cost estimates that came out by the cbo, it falls short, and that's a problem because it goes counter to the pledge i just said and it's also a problem because they're in the middle of working very hard to try to sell this plan. house conservatives are unhappy and house democrats are trying to get a united front to vote against this plan, and that does not leave the speaker a large margin of error to pass this legislation. jessica? >> all right, thanks so much, kate bolduan reporting for us from capitol hill. i'm grateful. >>> let's turn now to republican congressmen scott garrett from new jersey who is a membe
and that's big news. you can be sure, jessica, that what the house speaker does not want to be doing right now is having to rewrite his bill. they were aiming to be voting on this bill tomorrow, so right now we're told that they're kind of scra scrambling to work it out and rewrite it, and he wants to meet the pledges that the cuts in the bill will be larger than the debt ceiling increased. and the cost estimates that came out by the cbo, it falls short, and that's a problem because it goes...
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but when i see an rv roll in with a big family... well, it fills my heart. but, as affordable as it is, it just makes sense to get everybody up and go on a vacation together. whoa, i didn't mean all of us. [ boy ] it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. see for yourself at gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. terrorists perhaps trying to board airplanes with surgically implanted explosives. now after nearly a decade of u.s. military involvement in afghanistan, president obama's promising to begin drawing down u.s. troop levels. as nick payton walsh discovered during a trip to remote afghanistan, there are signs that the taliban and al qaeda see an opening. >> reporter: we pushed down into the valley. still an insurgent stronghold. high-tech american attack helicopters buzzed overhead until militants shot at them from up the valley. >> it's uncharacteristic for the taliban around here. they're getting gutsy. if you push up farther than that, you're going to take enemy contact. it's pretty certain
but when i see an rv roll in with a big family... well, it fills my heart. but, as affordable as it is, it just makes sense to get everybody up and go on a vacation together. whoa, i didn't mean all of us. [ boy ] it's surprising just how affordable an rv vacation can be. see for yourself at gorving.com and get a free video. or visit an rv dealer. go affordably. go rving. terrorists perhaps trying to board airplanes with surgically implanted explosives. now after nearly a decade of u.s....
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they were big on what the state were doing in this case. they thought they had it nailed down after the powerful closing arguments they gave the other day. it was a shock to everybody across the board who believed the prosecution had this wrapped up. >> thank you. the reaction not limited to just right there in orlando outside the courtroom. let's go back and take a closer look at some of the social media and the internet traffic generated as this verdict played out. there we go. look at it it in the context of the past top web events as you watched this casey anthony verdict today. global page views per minute about in trial, 3.2 million. president obama elected and not by any means the top event on the web. global u.s. news stories right there, that's the casey anthony verdict today. if you just look at this idea, google searches about this today. google searches around that time, 4:30 p.m., the verdict came in a little after 2:00 p.m., headline news, nancy grace, channel 9 news, without a doubt those four. number six caylee anthony and o
they were big on what the state were doing in this case. they thought they had it nailed down after the powerful closing arguments they gave the other day. it was a shock to everybody across the board who believed the prosecution had this wrapped up. >> thank you. the reaction not limited to just right there in orlando outside the courtroom. let's go back and take a closer look at some of the social media and the internet traffic generated as this verdict played out. there we go. look at...
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. >> mark zandi, we can pass august 2nd and it won't be a big deal. i'll give you a few seconds to look them in the eye and say, you're wrong. >> yeah, i think you're wrong. now, of course, i don't know for sure. this is unprecedented but there is a $23 billion social security payment due on august 3rd that is not at all clear that there will be enough cash in the treasury to make that payment. so i think david is right. why would you want to take that chance? tp doesn't make sense. not for the social security recipients or for the economy or entire global financial system. >> david walker, the president meets with speaker boehner over the weekend and they are clearly not making any tangible progress. the house will go forward this week and senate will most likely vote on a balanced budget amendment and some other things that simply, to be honest, can't pass or even if they did pass the president would veto. they will move to the mcconnell plan and convince the republicans that they have your vote. do those votes undermine confidence in the market in
. >> mark zandi, we can pass august 2nd and it won't be a big deal. i'll give you a few seconds to look them in the eye and say, you're wrong. >> yeah, i think you're wrong. now, of course, i don't know for sure. this is unprecedented but there is a $23 billion social security payment due on august 3rd that is not at all clear that there will be enough cash in the treasury to make that payment. so i think david is right. why would you want to take that chance? tp doesn't make sense....
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. >> is this as big as we wanted to go? heck, no. we wanted to go bigger. we ran on going bigger. but this is the only proposal on the table that accomplishes the goals that we set out to do. >> progress but apparently and this is why we have such a drama unfolding on capitol hill, not enough progress. the speaker is still short the votes. he's delayed the key vote, a key vote to not only if you are sitting at home, maybe you think the debt ceiling should be raised, maybe you should, it's a fundamentally important political showdown, some people think the speaker's hold on his job could be in jeopardy if he loses this vote. let's go to kate bolduan, do they believe they can twist enough arms to get enough votes to pass this tonight? >> reporter: fabulous question this evening and one that is very hard to answer at this moment. i can tell you, let me just give you the lay of the land what you can probably see a little bit of, john, you were talking about the speaker's office, it's right down the hallway, what we're seeing now rank-and-file members going in and out of the house spea
. >> is this as big as we wanted to go? heck, no. we wanted to go bigger. we ran on going bigger. but this is the only proposal on the table that accomplishes the goals that we set out to do. >> progress but apparently and this is why we have such a drama unfolding on capitol hill, not enough progress. the speaker is still short the votes. he's delayed the key vote, a key vote to not only if you are sitting at home, maybe you think the debt ceiling should be raised, maybe you...
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so, sort of the big plan. passing that along with a debt ceiling as sort of a big theory option instead of this mcconnell/reid plan, but it's so vague, as you can tell, and nothing that i have as any sort of firm plan, just, like, something that's sort of out there in the ether, they just don't have a plan at this point, no one does, john. >> it sounds like, and some people at home are saying, my god, there they go into washington speak again. i'll try to simply phi it. they are trying to fit certain pieces together to get you to several trillion in deficit reduction and that seems to be where we are, a bunch ideas. i'll go over to the wall a little bit, because jess talks about the mcconnell plan, that would give the president the authority to raise the debt ceiling and maybe they would come up with a commission with spending cuts. that's one backup plan. another backup plan is the gang of six. and i want to bring up the gang of six yesterday we talked about that. they have some significant spending cuts. the
so, sort of the big plan. passing that along with a debt ceiling as sort of a big theory option instead of this mcconnell/reid plan, but it's so vague, as you can tell, and nothing that i have as any sort of firm plan, just, like, something that's sort of out there in the ether, they just don't have a plan at this point, no one does, john. >> it sounds like, and some people at home are saying, my god, there they go into washington speak again. i'll try to simply phi it. they are trying to...
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the big question is and the most important question is what does he want to do? if and when, again, he walks out a free man out of court here in manhattan the next few days, will he want to come back into french politics? and if he does, in what position would that be? will he choose to run for president or will he choose to be kind of the elder statesman if you like in french politics? and that first as an adviser to whoever would be the socialist candidate and then perhaps become prime minister of something. as you see, what is interesting about these polls and has been few of them, two or three, is that french people are very ambivalent about it, about half of them wish him to come back. half of them are not so sure about it. >> right. they're split down the middle pretty much. but let me ask you about this other woman. why -- i'm sure people who haven't followed this case as closely as some of us have, why is she coming out now? some people might think this is opportunistic because she didn't speak out at the time the alleged attempted rape took place in '03.
the big question is and the most important question is what does he want to do? if and when, again, he walks out a free man out of court here in manhattan the next few days, will he want to come back into french politics? and if he does, in what position would that be? will he choose to run for president or will he choose to be kind of the elder statesman if you like in french politics? and that first as an adviser to whoever would be the socialist candidate and then perhaps become prime...
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where is the big bold plan b? where is -- what else can he bring out of the tool box that will give people a sense that he is on our side and he is going to get some things done? it may not -- it may not bring all the jobs back, but at least he is fighting for us? >> ask you to stand by one second this is the oddest split screen i have seen in quite a bit here, talking about a very sober unemployment report but show our viewers live pictures of the duke and duchess of cambridge arriving in california for a visit here to the united states, governor jerry brown greeting them on the tarmac here, obviously here for an official visit, raise money for causes, see a bit of the united states of america. people will wonder what is she wearing? that is the big question you see them gathering there all right. back to our conversation. david, here is one of the problems politically and we will show pictures of the royals i as he they make their way if we have interesting pictures for you, hard parts politically. from a policy
where is the big bold plan b? where is -- what else can he bring out of the tool box that will give people a sense that he is on our side and he is going to get some things done? it may not -- it may not bring all the jobs back, but at least he is fighting for us? >> ask you to stand by one second this is the oddest split screen i have seen in quite a bit here, talking about a very sober unemployment report but show our viewers live pictures of the duke and duchess of cambridge arriving...
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remember this number, $172 billion, if you go back and look at big ticket items here. as you come out from the safety net. i need to take this off and make that go away. you come back and look at this deficit scenario here, if you look at interest on the debt and you look at social security payments and you look at medicare and medicaid, some other services, then you hit up to the money pretty quickly of what the government has. the question is priorities. yes, congress could send the social security checks out, but if he did that, something else wouldn't get paid. the military might not get paid. how would you prioritize? >> that's the thing. we need to prioritize. i think we should be looking to not default on our debt. we should be paying social security, medicare, medicaid, and our military pay. i believe we can do that with the revenues that we're taking in. i want to deal. i want to make sure we do not default and get this prioritization. these are going to be the president's responsibilities. if he cannot come to the table and actually agree with the house repub
remember this number, $172 billion, if you go back and look at big ticket items here. as you come out from the safety net. i need to take this off and make that go away. you come back and look at this deficit scenario here, if you look at interest on the debt and you look at social security payments and you look at medicare and medicaid, some other services, then you hit up to the money pretty quickly of what the government has. the question is priorities. yes, congress could send the social...